INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
PRE INDUSTRIAL EUROPE
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Question
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Population statistics clearly show that people were healthier
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More people were needed to work in factories on the new machines.
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Better farming led to a food surplus, so fewer people died of starvation.
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People moved to cities from farming villages to find employment.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why did the population of Britain increase in the mid-1700s? More people were needed to work in factories on the new machines. Better farming led to a food surplus, so fewer people died of starvation. People moved to cities from farming villages to find employment.
Detailed explanation-2: -Population growth in eighteenth-century England was due mainly to a fall in mortality, which was particularly marked during the first half of the century. The fall affected all socioeconomic groups and does not appear to have occurred for primarily economic reasons.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Agricultural Revolution, the unprecedented increase in agricultural production in Britain between the mid-17th and late 19th centuries, was linked to such new agricultural practices as crop rotation, selective breeding, and a more productive use of arable land.
Detailed explanation-4: -Britain had a dramatic population increase between 1750-1900 due to more money and better medicine. 80% of people in 1750 lived and worked in the countryside. Many babies died before their first birthday and the annual death rate was 28/1000 people.
Detailed explanation-5: -The new inventions, access to raw materials, trade routes and partners, social changes, and a stable government all paved the way for Britain to become an industry-driven country.